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H. B. MALDBIS.

HORSE COLLAR.

No. 386,409. Patented July 17, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HENRY B. MALDEIS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO ISAAC BERGMAN, MEYER BERGMAN, AND MICHAEL BERGMAN, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,409, dated July 17, 1888.

Application led November, 18N. Serial No, 256,077.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY B. MALDEIS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful lm provements in Horse- Collars, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates to an improved horseeollar, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View of that side of the collar which comes in contact with the shoulders of the animal. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the collar iu which a part of the leather face is shown broken away to expose the inside construction to view. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, on a larger'seale, ot' one side ofthe collar, taken on the line 3 3.

The bodyg and the front roll, It, may be stuft'edwith straw, in the usual manner. The inner-`acing, a, which comes in Contact with the shoulders of the animal, has two thicknesses or plies of material, b c, substantially as shown in Letters Patent of thc United States, dated December ll, 1386, and numbered 354,377. A space, (Z, may be t'ormed between the two plies, to be occupied by wool, c', as shown in the drawings, and as shown and described in said Letters Patent; or the two plies maybe in close contact and without the wool. llhe two thicknesses b c are essential to this collar, but the wool padding c' is not. rlhe two plies are united at the outer side ol" the collar by a seam, e. The outer or exposed face, j', ofthe collar-body is united to the twoply inner face at one side of the collar by a scam, t', and said outer face, f, is united to one (the inner) ply, c, of the inner face by stitchingj. The front roll,lz., has a leather or other suitable cover, k, the edges of which are united atj. A strip, Z, of leather is interposed between the front roll, 7L, and the eollar-hot y, and secured to its position by stitching at j. ll` desired, Vone row of stitching j may answer for uniting the three parts-the outer face, f, and one ply, c, of the inner face of the collar-body, the edges of the front roll cover, L, and securing the inter- (No model.)

posed strip Z to its position. The seam and creasej', formed by joining or uniting of the above parts, is covered by a filling-strip, m, of leather or other suitable material. This tilling-strip is thickest on aline down its longitudinal center n, and is beveled therefrom toward each edge, where it is thin One thin edge of this strip is secured by stitching o to the cover 7c ofthe front roll and laps over the crease j, and the central thick part, n, tills the depression of the said crease.

The outer ply, I), ofthe inner face ofthe eollar extends .from the seam t' at one side of the collar across the inner face, c, over the fillingstrip m, and around the front roll, h, to a point, p, where its edge meets the edge ot' the interposed strip l, as shown in Fig. 3. The two meeting edges at p are laced together in a wellknown way. It will thus be seen that the function of the interposed strip lis to serve for attaching the edge atp ofthe outer ply, I).

The collar has a continuous smooth exterior surface formed by the outer ply, I), and on the face which comes next to the animal is free of the usual crease between the front roll, 71 and body. This style of collar is known as the Kay77 collar, but they have not heretofore been constructed as here shown and described. The lacing atp of these parts is concealed bythe facingestrip q, which may consist ot' enameled leather or other material. This facing-strip q is stitched along one edge at r to the outer ply, b, and laced along the other edge at s to the interposed strip t.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The horse-collar herein described, having the body f/ and roll t,`with the interposed tilling-strip m, beveled toward its ends, substautially as and lor the purpose specitied.

In testimony whereof I aftix mysiguature in the presence ot' two witnesses.

HENRY B. MALDEIS.

Vitnesses:

JOHN E. Mouais, JNO. T. MADDOX. 

